Author Information: Jonathan Lethem

Jonathan Lethem is the author of seven novels, including the bestsellers The Fortress of Solitude and Motherless Brooklyn, which won the National Book Criticís Circle Award. He is also the author of two short story collections, Men and Cartoons and The Wall of the Sky, the Wall of the Eye, and the essay collection, The Disappointment Artist. In 2005, Lethem was named a MacArthur fellow. He lives in Brooklyn and in Maine.